Overview

• Fede died on September 2, 2025 at the Residenza San Felice in Segrate near Milan, according to local reports.
• Funeral services are expected Thursday at the Dio Padre parish in Segrate in the Milano 2 district.
• He began at Rai in 1954 and later moved to Fininvest/Mediaset, where he led Videonews and then directed Tg4 from the early 1990s.
• He was the first on Italian television to announce the Gulf War bombardments of Baghdad during the night of January 16–17, 1991.
• He cultivated an openly pro‑Berlusconi, theatrical style that drew audiences and criticism, and his later years included legal troubles, house arrest and accusations of evading confinement recounted in a 2020 interview.